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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 5    changing Section 3-809 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/3-809) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-809)
 7        Sec.  3-809.  Farm   machinery,   exempt   vehicles   and
 8    fertilizer spreaders - registration fee.
 9        (a)  Vehicles  of  the  second  division  having  a  corn
10    sheller, a well driller, hay press, clover huller, feed mixer
11    and  unloader,  or  other  farm machinery permanently mounted
12    thereon and used solely for transporting the same, farm wagon
13    type  trailers  having  a  fertilizer   spreader   attachment
14    permanently  mounted thereon, having a gross weight of not to
15    exceed 36,000 pounds and used only for the transportation  of
16    bulk  fertilizer, and farm wagon type tank trailers of not to
17    exceed  3,000  gallons  capacity,  used  during  the   liquid
18    fertilizer  season  as  field-storage "nurse tanks" supplying
19    the fertilizer to a field applicator and  moved  on  highways
20    only  for  bringing  the  fertilizer  from  a local source of
21    supply to farm or field or from one farm or field to another,
22    or used during the lime season and moved on the highways only
23    for bringing from a local source of supply to farm  or  field
24    or  from  one  farm  or field to another, shall be registered
25    upon the filing of a proper application and the payment of  a
26    registration fee of $13 per 2-year registration period.  This
27    registration  fee of $13  shall be paid in full and shall not
28    be reduced even though such registration is  made  after  the
29    beginning of the registration period.
30        (b)  Vehicles   exempt   from   registration   under  the
31    provisions of Section 3-402.A of this Act, as amended, except
 
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 1    those vehicles required to be registered under paragraph  (c)
 2    of  this  Section,  may,  at  the  option  of  the  owner, be
 3    identified as  exempt  vehicles  by  displaying  registration
 4    plates  issued  by the Secretary of State.  The owner thereof
 5    may apply for such registration plates upon the filing  of  a
 6    proper  application  and the payment of a registration fee of
 7    $13, and this registration  shall  be  valid  for  a  2  year
 8    registration  period.  This $13 fee shall be paid in full and
 9    shall not be reduced even  though  the  application  is  made
10    after   the   beginning  of  the  registration  period.   The
11    application for and display of such registration  plates  for
12    identification  purposes by vehicles exempt from registration
13    shall not be deemed as a waiver or  recision  of  its  exempt
14    status, nor make such vehicle subject to registration.
15        (c)  Any    single   unit   self-propelled   agricultural
16    fertilizer implement, designed for both on and off road  use,
17    equipped with flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted
18    for  the  application of plant food materials or agricultural
19    chemicals, desiring to be operated upon the highways  ladened
20    with  load  shall  be  registered upon the filing of a proper
21    application and payment of a registration fee  of  $250.  The
22    registration  fee  shall  be  paid  in  full and shall not be
23    reduced even though such  registration  is  made  during  the
24    second  half  of the registration year. These vehicles shall,
25    whether loaded or unloaded, be limited  to  a  maximum  gross
26    weight of 36,000 pounds, restricted to a highway speed of not
27    more  than  30  miles  per hour and a legal width of not more
28    than  12  feet.  Such  vehicles  shall  be  limited  to   the
29    furthering  of  agricultural or horticultural pursuits and in
30    furtherance of these pursuits, such vehicles may be  operated
31    upon  the  highway, within a 50 mile radius of their point of
32    loading as indicated on  the  written  or  printed  statement
33    required  by  the  "Illinois  Fertilizer  Act  of  1961",  as
34    amended,  for  the  purpose of moving plant food materials or
 
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 1    agricultural chemicals to the field, or from field to  field,
 2    for the sole purpose of application.
 3        No  single  unit  self-propelled  agricultural fertilizer
 4    implement, designed for both on and off  road  use,  equipped
 5    with  flotation tires and otherwise specially adapted for the
 6    application  of  plant   food   materials   or   agricultural
 7    chemicals,  having  a  width  of more than 12 feet or a gross
 8    weight in excess of 36,000  pounds,  shall  be  permitted  to
 9    operate upon the highways ladened with load.
10        Whenever  any vehicle is operated in violation of Section
11    3-809 (c) of this Act,  the  owner  or  the  driver  of  such
12    vehicle  shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and either
13    may be prosecuted for such violation.
14    (Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99; 92-15, eff. 7-1-01.)

15        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
16    January 1, 2004.